“We just have, I think, a better story,” he said. “It’s epic and it happens in a city, so it’s more accessible because you recognize stuff; it’s not in a desert. It’s kind of like ‘Black Hawk Down’ with our small group of heroes in a city.”

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you see Sam in the blue car on the right, everyone's evacuating and he's heading towards the invasion.
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"small group of heroes in a city"

Bay has a wonderful eye for detail when it comes to destruction. So I think he can really make a city look like an actual warzone. Visually that's going to be more appealing to people because most people are more familiar with buildings than they are with sand. Kind of easier to get a feeling of scale when it's something you kind of know the size.

It should also do wonders for the mood of the film. There just isn't a feeling of tension if it feels like all the heroes needed was a few more jets or a few grenade launchers to win. Ouch and few things were as disappointing as a rail gun to take down the biggest Transformer on film yet. A feeling like the heroes in the city are the only thing between freedom and Decepticon domination of the planet would make for some really nice film tension. It also makes the heroes bigger heroes when they have to do it all on their own rather than just calling in an air strike to win.

That's one of my favorite things that Bay has said about the film. I loved Black Hawk Down. It's a nice "against the odds" feel. I'm so pumped for this movie! It still feels so far away! And checking this board everyday isn't helping lol jk

That's one of my favorite things that Bay has said about the film. I loved Black Hawk Down. It's a nice "against the odds" feel. I'm so pumped for this movie! It still feels so far away! And checking this board everyday isn't helping lol jk

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With the odds against them and not being able to call in help it's got me thinking it might be kind of like Aliens 2. You've got that great feel in Aliens 2 of a small band of Marines and civilians against a horde of lethal Alien Warriors and then the Alien Queen.

So if the Decepticons get toughened up a bit and start to feel a little more lethal it could be a really great moment of the Autobots and humans having to fight there way out of nearly impossible odds. The really epic movie battles tend to be the hardest fights for the good guys to win.